Gastric pits

Gastric pits are indentations in the stomach which denote entrances to 3-5 tubular gastric glands.^[1][2] They are deeper in the pylorus than they are in the other parts of the stomach. The human stomach has several million of these pits which dot the surface of the lining epithelium. Surface mucous cells line the pits themselves but give way to a series of other types of cells which then line the glands themselves.

Gastric pits
Layers of Stomach Wall: Serosa Tela subserosa Muscularis Oblique fibers of muscle wall Circular muscle layer Longitudinal muscle layer Submucosa Lamina muscularis mucosae Mucosa Lamina propria Epithelium Gastric glands Gastric pits Villous folds Gastric areas (gastric surface)
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Latin	foveolae gastricae
TA98	A05.5.01.032
TA2	2918
FMA	76583
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Gastric juice

Gastric juice, containing gastric acid, is secreted from gastric glands, which are located in gastric pits. Gastric juice contains hydrochloric acid, pepsinogen and mucus. Hydrochloric acid is secreted by parietal cells, pepsinogen is secreted by gastric chief cells and mucus is secreted by mucous neck cells.^[3]